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Current Volume: 125

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The South Atlantic Quarterly, founded amid controversy in 1901, provides bold analyses of the current intellectual scene, both nationally and worldwide. Published exclusively in guest-edited special issues, this award-winning centenarian journal features some of the most prominent contemporary writers and scholars tackling urgent political, cultural, and social questions. Some issues grow out of current academic debates, concerning, for example, the growing power of finance, narratives of black leadership, and the politics of austerity.

Each issue of SAQ also features a second thematic section composed of short essays that engage a topic of contemporary political importance. The title of this section, “Against the Day,” is meant to highlight both the modes of activism and the specific occasion that the essays address.

"It's not easy to be both daring and indispensable, but SAQ has consistently been both. It has stretched its readers politically and geographically, setting a distinctive standard for its seriousness of thought and worldliness of topics."—Bruce Robbins, Columbia University

"Among the countless journals now bidding for our scarce attention, SAQ is a sure bet. Quite simply one of the best sources of new ideas in political thought, social motion, and human mentality."—Andrew Ross, New York University

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Michael Hardt, Duke University

Managing Editor:
Liz Beasley

Editorial Board:
Rey Chow
Roberto M. Dainotto
Ranjana Khanna
Wahneema Lubiano
Walter D. Mignolo
Kathi Weeks
Robyn Wiegman

For Authors

The South Atlantic Quarterly uses an all-special-issue, guest-edited format that precludes the submission of unsolicited manuscripts. It does not use a blinded peer-review process, but its two-tiered review process is roughly equivalent. All issues of the journal are organized by guest editors, who solicit contributions from established scholars whose work they know. Once authors submit their essays, it is the responsibility of the guest editor(s) to review the text and return to the author for revisions. Revised essays are subsequently submitted to the general editor, who again suggests revisions if necessary. At both points in the review process, the special-issue editor(s) and the general editor must reject essays whose quality is below the standards of the journal. All essays should conform to the style guidelines in The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed., and the SAQ style guide.

Please read Duke University Press's "Ethics and Policies for Journals," especially the section titled "Originality and the Use of AI." The use of generative AI must be disclosed in your manuscript in order for it to be published in the South Atlantic Quarterly.

SAQ Call for Proposals “Against the Day”
SAQ is accepting proposals for “Against the Day” dossiers. Dossiers should focus on a contemporary social or political struggle. Recent topics have included clashes over citizenship laws in India; protests since 2019 in Lebanon; and the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement in France. See https://read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlantic-quarterly/issue to read the most recent “Against the Day.” Funds are available to translate original essays not written in English.

Special-issue editors are responsible for soliciting essays, working with authors, editing the texts, and assuring that deadlines and word counts are met.

Proposals should include a description of the concept or theme that organizes the issue (roughly 200 words) plus names of potential authors with very brief bios. Please indicate whether authors have already been contacted. Please propose, too, a date by which the complete, edited collection can feasibly be submitted.

Dossiers are composed of 15,000 words total. This is often configured as three 4,000-word essays plus an introduction, but editors are free to configure differently the number and length of essays.

Please send proposals to saq_dup@duke.edu.

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